I just want to make a closing statement on G-2. We do recognize that this amendment provides some significant improvement to the scheme of the military justice circumstance. We thought it could be improved, and we still think it can, and we set these amendments forward to demonstrate how it could and should be improved. We think they should have been accepted.
However, given that the government is not prepared to go farther than it has, I think we will support this amendment as an improvement to the situation, recognizing that it doesn't even deal with the question that we'll be talking about in the next amendment, and the question that was part of most of the arguments that we made in the House of Commons. It doesn't deal with the issue of mode of trial. It doesn't deal with the issue of whether the constitutional rights of an individual are recognized, the protections of the Charter of Rights, a fair trial, the impartial tribunal, etc. These things are not a part of this, because this says no matter what the mode of trial, whether it's by court martial with all the protections, or whether it's by commanding officer or by a delegate of a commanding officer, no matter what, if it is one of these listed offences, and if the consequence for the individual is one of these four things, then they are not subject to a criminal record. Given that represents a large majority of the number of people who are tried under summary conviction, and some of those who were tried under courts martial, we recognize it as a step forward so we will be supporting it.